Super Sunday - Canada vs. USA
well it's finally clear, gold medal rematch of 2002 flipping the host countries. couldn't have scripted a better story, and at this point i think neither team has a clear advantage. both have shown they can blowout some of the best teams of this tournament, and both have also struggled against the 2nd tier teams
i think USA has the clear advantage in goal, but Canada's forward depth is unmatchable. the defenses i would rank equally as well as the top end scoring talent. i think it'll simply come down to which team is better prepared, if Canada can come out of the gate like "Gorillas out of a cage" like they did against Russia, the US will be screwed unless Miller turns in another ungodly performance. but if Canada comes out more slowly and lets off the gas in the 3rd like they did tonight then the US's young talent will be all over them
i have no idea what to predict, so i'll just stick with the same 5-2 score from 2002 for Canada, with Iginla duplicating Sakic's heroics from that game
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